Ah Vir as Mr. Darcy, I have never thought of that possibility whatsoever. I am not quite positive though. He might just throw away Miss Elizabeth Bennet and go off hunting with Uncle Gardener and his cousin Fitz and then where would we be when he came back from the hunt and realized now that he had had some really good excercise that he never did care about Elizabeth. It was only boredom and his rather itchy leggings that gave him the idea he needed something new to do.  And the arguing that would ensue. Both characters were fond of a good argument.

I recommend Mansfield Park, Jane's most serious work. Her mother hated it, others praised it to the heavens. It is painful, agonizing, sometimes tedious, but really it is a masterpiece of writing in my opinion.

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In answer to your first question , many come and go; life happens dearest and we have to deal with it. But many return as soon as possible and then it is heaven. However , I cannot stress enough that you too can light up the message boards with your incredible postings. That is the wonder of this place, any one dedicated to Planet-Tolkien, what she stands for (be quiet Vir , and the lovely benefits and pleasure she offers to the world, can make it exactly what you mourn over. So, get those pretty little fingers ready and post girl, post!  Honestly, it does not take very long to become a 'fixture' that others read and then look forward to. So many captured my imagination from the first moment I entered this beautiful world. Grondy first, no question about it, but many many others too.

If you mean the movie that Anne Hathaway starred in as Jane Austen, no I did not see it. I think she is a perfectly lovely girl, but for some odd reason none of her acting seems the ticket to me, I always have the sense she is too aware of the camera. Well I cannot explain it, but something like that. So I have no interest whatsoever to see it, I am worried I should be very disappointed .